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liamloftus.bsky.social
GP, Cambridge | Associate Director, Health Equity Evidence Centre | Development Director, Cambridge City Foodbank | Co-lead, The Big GP Consultation | Former NMD's Clinical Fellow, NHS England
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With the numbers of GP partners falling significantly, and relatively few early career GPs aspiring to the role, our new briefing from @becksfisher.bsky.social looks at whether it’s time to change the GP partnership model. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the...

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Up next at #NTSummit: Is the GP partnership model fit for purpose? @nigel-edwards.bsky.social, @becksfisher.bsky.social, @drkatie.bsky.social, @liamloftus.bsky.social and Richard Sloggett are about to debate the pros and cons of the current model. Watch now: buff.ly/3EMgXuR

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

Now seems like a particularly important time to resist polarisation and to encourage nuance. I’m excited to have this conversation - and publish a paper on the future of partnership - tomorrow #ntsummit

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

As @bma.org.uk prepares for talks on a once-in-a-generation major reform of the general practice contract, early-career GPs spell out how it could secure their future www.gponline.com/early-career... @liamloftus.bsky.social @deepthilavu.bsky.social

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Is the #GP partnership model fit for purpose? #NTSummit 🩺 Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit. Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

This week Dr John Ford and @liamloftus.bsky.social speak to @emmabower.bsky.social about the work of the Health Equity Evidence Centre @qmul.ac.uk and how it can help clinicians and policymakers address health inequalities. Listen here or wherever you get your pods www.gponline.com/podcast-evid...

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

The #NHS elective recovery plan isn’t just about hospitals. Thoughts 👇🏻 from a #generalpractice perspective www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

Earlier this week, the Reforming Elective Care for Patients plan emphasised care becoming increasingly digital, and the need to address digital inequalities. 💻📉 This raises a critical question: ❓ What works to improve health & digital literacy in disadvantaged groups? ❓ (1/4)

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

Fairer funding for general practice in England: what’s the problem, why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? Read our briefing about why the outdated Carr-Hill formula should be replaced: https://buff.ly/3ZC1Mva

submitted 184 days ago • 1 comment

Funding for primary care should recognise clinical need which is currently not the case. To future proof the NHS this is more important than any reform. @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social & team thank you for articulating brilliantly what we see & feel on the ground in practice

submitted 185 days ago • 0 comments

Is today a positive day for general practice? In my personal view, yes - I think it is. Earlier today, GPs received the letter below. The positives? For me, they are...

submitted 185 days ago • 1 comment

🌟 NEW RESOURCE 🌟 We know there are stark inequalities in general practice. We also know that ICBs can take action to address these. At the Health Equity Evidence Centre, we’ve developed a series of inequalities datapacks - one for each ICB in England... www.heec.co.uk/resource/gen...

submitted 188 days ago • 1 comment

“Replacing the Carr-Hill formula with a needs-based formula is the best and most sustainable way to make general practice funding more equitable.” @becksfisher.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai... the Carr-Hill formula, which decides the distribution of funding, is outdated and fails to take account of socioeconomic deprivation. why is it so hard to fix, and what should the government do? @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social

submitted 191 days ago • 1 comment

The funding of #generalpractice is unfair and inequitable. New @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social with the Health Equity Evidence Centre looks at why, why it matters, options to ‘fix’ the problem and makes clear what we think is the way forward. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...

submitted 193 days ago • 3 comments

We've known for some time that general practice funding is inequitable... ➡️ But why is it so hard to fix? ➡️ And what should the Government do to fix it? It has been a pleasure to work with @becksfisher.bsky.social, John and Ian on this #CarrHill @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social

submitted 193 days ago • 0 comments

NEW BRIEFING by @becksfisher.bsky.social in collaboration with Health Equity Evidence Centre calls for the outdated GP funding formula to be replaced by a needs-based payment to better address health inequalities. 💷 Read here: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/fai...

submitted 193 days ago • 1 comment

The Carr Hill formula for general practice funding negatively impacts practices in deprived areas the most reinforcing the inverse care law. Changing the formula is necessary but not easy- we need a needs based or activity based approach. The briefing from @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social poses some ideas

submitted 193 days ago • 0 comments

Hello, BlueSky! 👋 I’m Liam, a newly qualified GP based in Cambridge. My passion is tackling inequalities at all levels of the system - from local, to national.

submitted 212 days ago • 1 comment